660 XLiii.AMPELiDE.ffi:. (M. A. Lawson.) [Vitis. 



serrate in the notches. Tench-ils elendfer, simple or forked. Cymes axillary or termi- 

 nating in short lateral branches, pedunculate; pednnoles usually with several scanous 

 conspicuous bracts, 3-5-vayed, rays several-flowered. Flowers pedicelled; pedicels 

 J-J in. Fruit the size of a currant, globose, 2-4rseeded, black. Seed J by i in., pale, 

 obovoid, thick, rounded and muricate on the back, and with a Unear tubercle, flattened 

 on the face. 



tt Flowers swbcorymbosely cymose. 



62. V. tenuifolia, W. & A. Prodr. 129 ; whole plant quite glabrous, 

 leaves membranous, tendrils simple or forked, peduncles long, cymes some- 

 what diffuse axiUary but often owing to the sudden suppression of the flower- 

 bearing branch appearing terminal, fruit the size of a pea 1-4-seeded, 

 seed i by \m. triangular. V. paniculata, Herb. Eeyne, in Wall. Gat. 6022 a, 

 in part, and b. Cissus japonica, WiUd.; DC. Prodr. i. 632. C. tenuifolia, 

 H&/ne in Wall. Gat. 6022 a, m part. C. cymosa, Wall. Cat. 6017. G 

 truncata, Wall. Cat. 6032. • 



NiPAL, WaMeli; Sikkim Himalaya, alt. 1-5000 ft., J. D. M. ; the Khasia Mts., 

 Assam, Bikma, Pegu, Tehasseeim, an^ Malacca. Westeen Pemiksdla, in the 

 Southern provinces. — Distrib. China and Japan. 



Stems slender, herbaceous. Petiole 2-4 in. ; leaflets shortly stalked, 1-3 by J-2 in., 

 lanceolate or ovate-lanceolate, acute, sharply serrate. Tendrils short, slender. Floweri 

 in divaricating dichotomous cymes, bisexual. Style short, stigma large, subpeltate. 

 Fruit turbinate-globose. Seed rounded and muricate on the back, sharply ridged on 

 the face. 



63. V. mollis, Wall. Cat. 6025 ; whole plant covered with a short 

 soft pubescence, leaves membranous, flowers fruit and seed as in T. 



SiKKiM Himalaya ; alt 1-3000 ft., J. D. R. Khasia Mts., alt. 0-3000 ft. Silhe* 

 and Chittagons. MIalacca, Griffith. 



Closely resbmbilng V. tenuifolia in habit. Petiole J-1 J in. ; leaflets conspicuoiisl;f 

 stalked, 1^-3 by |-1J iu., ovate, broadly lanceolate or subovate, serrate. 



64. V. lanceolaria, Roxb. Fl. Ind. i. 412 (Cissus) ; whole plant quite 

 glabrous with exception of the inflorescence, branches round covered 

 with corky warts or tubercles, leaves between fleshy and coriaceous, tendnls 

 simple, cymes very short and compact in the axils of the leaves, flowers 

 unisexual, fruit the size of a small cherry dry ?, seed \ in. subpyrifonn 

 or almost globose. Wall Cat. 6013, in part; W. & A. Prodr. 128 ; Wight 

 le. t. 177; Brand. For. Fl. 101. V. muricata, W. & A. Prodr. 128; 

 Wall. Cat. 6015 ; Wight Ic. t. 740. V. serratifolia, W. & A. Prodr. 128 (non. 

 Rottl). Cissus feminea, Roxb! Fl. Ind. i. 410 ; DC. Prodr. i 631. C. lan- 

 ceolaria, DC. Prodr. L 632 ; Grah. Cat. Bomb. PI. 33 ; Thwaites Envm. 63. 

 C. muricata, Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 40 ; Thwaites Enum. 63. 



Assam, Pegd, and the Eastbkn Peniksdla, from Tenasserim to Malacca. WestEen 

 Pehissdla, from the Concan southwards. Ceylon, ascending to 3000 ft. 



Branches woody. Leaves 5-foliolate, pedate, more rarely 3-foliolate ; petiole 1|- 

 3 in. ; leaflets 3-5 by 1-2 in., stalked, oblong-lanceolate, distantly seriate. StyU short, 

 stigma pltate sublobed. Fruit subfleshy ?, globose, 1-4 ?-seeded. — In ail those speci- 

 mens which 1 have examined) the fruit has Wn 1-2- not 4-seeded as stated by BoJt 

 burgh, Wight, and Arnott, also smaller than a cherry. 



Vae. 1 ; stems smooth. — This appears intermediate between V. lanceolaria and V. 

 So ikeri, and in some respects answers better to Roxburgh's description of V. lanceo- 

 laria than the one giveii above. — Assam. 



Vak. 2; assimilis, Kdkz mss. (,Sp.); stems cylindric somewhat smooth, petiole 



